Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-07-26
STURGIS !!
The aKey City to the Black Hills
Country.

Country.
FINE FIELD FOR CAPITALISTS.
TO Be the Terminus Of r. 3. &M.v. r. r.
for a Year TO Come.
Are you homeseeker? Do you want
homer
Are you an investorS Do you want
safe investmentsa
Are you thinking Of going west, and
if SO, do you want to cast your lot with
dead-and- alive town, with nothing to
build on, or with community which
commands the whole trade and tho whole
business Of the little kingdom Of the
Black Hills, the richest country in the
United States. At any rate your atten-
tion is directed to the following, which
will repay careful perusal. 1t has been
prepared for the use of such persons as
are seeking q change Of location; who
are looking toward the Black Hills coun-
try-the finest that ever lay out of doors
where the farmer is always prosperous
and the laborer never seeks work in vain
where capital is always busy and toll
is always rewarded.
!, The Black Hills OF Dakota rise out Of
the great western plains like an island
out of the sea, which, doubtless, it once
was, in ages past, before the great waters
had been dissipated in mist, and vanished
in air. Take any map and study it. You
will find that
sTURGI,
appropriately named the Key City, aud
known as such from Maine to California,
is situated almost in the center of the
arable and cultivated lands, and within q
few miles OF the greatest mines and mills
Of the world. On one side the valleys
Of the Bare Butte, Spring Greek, Pleas
ant Valley, Whitewood and Belle
Fourche all from twenty to fifty miles
long and from two to ten miles wide
are thickly settled with prosperous and
enterprising class OF farmers, mostly
Americans, the bone and sinew Of the
states, while on the other lie the Hills
proper, Of which Sturgis is the natura,
and only supply point. These condi-
tions are what have made the Black
Hills country such favorable place fol
the
FARMING GLASS.
Thousands of miners at work within {
radius OF from twelve to eighteen miles
of Sturgis, laboring night and day, nevel
oeasing, Sundays and holidays alike, de.
mand the best that any market can af
ford With high wages, they pay higl
prices, and the valleys around Sturgis
furnish what can be raised from tht
ground, while the wholesale and retail
stores Of Sturgis itself, furnish other ne
cessities, and will do SO to greater ex
tent than ever when the railroad shal
have reached the place, there to remair
for an unknown length OF time.
But it is not the natural advantages
altogether that make town, or assume
its prosperity. Sturgis is populated
with an
ENTERPRIsING,
pushing, go-ahead class Of men-just the
men homeseeker would want to "tie to-
who are awake to every necessity, put
their shoulder to the wheel whenever
necessary, and work to the good Of the
place; looking not at the cost, but at the
result. That is whys against the disad
vantages Of one or two years, it is the
busiest place of the Hills, has more ready
money always on hand, and will be the
leading city of all this region. 1t cant
help it. Its business men represent
every point of the compass; from the
north, the south, the east and the west
they have settled into clan of money
makers, reachingafor trade where they
have no business to, but getting it just
the same and never satisfied. This un.
called-for and Unsuitable appetite fol
more trade, more boom, more aget there
has made Sturgis, and made the mer
who have settled down within it's bor,
ders.
IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Ere this reaches the reader, a contract
will have been closed for the planting
Of an extensive and expensive system Of
water works. The franchise for the
scheme is being eagerly bid on by far.
sighted capitalists and companies, and
the best company gets it. Pure soft wa.
ter is to be had, and an ample supply FOL
city of 10000 inhabitants.
A street railway from the depot down
the main street, and such others as are
determined upon, is guaranteed, fran
chise having been granted some weeks
ago, conditioned upon the road being
in operation within three months after